Early life

Thorne was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, to Tamara and Delancey Reinaldo "Rey" Thorne. She has three elder siblings, Kaili, Danielle, and Remy, who are also actors. Her father was of Cuban descent. Thorne has stated she is also of Italian and Irish ancestry.

Career

2003-09: Dirty Sexy Money and My Own Worst Enemy

Thorne's first film appearance was an uncredited role as a sidelines fan in the 2003 film Stuck on You. She has since appeared in film and television projects including Entourage and The O.C. as a younger version of Taylor Townsend. In 2007 she joined the recurring cast of Dirty Sexy Money's second season, her first major television role. She played Margaux Darling. The series revolves around lawyer and family man Nick George, when Nick's father mysteriously dies in a plane crash, he agrees to take his position as the Darling family's lawyer, while trying to discover who committed the murder. In 2008, Thorne starred alongside Christian Slater and Taylor Lautner in the short-lived drama series My Own Worst Enemy, for which she won a Young Artist's Award for her portrayal of the character Ruthy Spivey; Thorne described her Enemy casting as a major breakthrough as this was the first recurring role in her career. In 2008 she starring the third-last episode of October Road as Angela Ferilli, the pre-adolescence crush of the main characters. Her older brother Remy also guest-starred in the same episode as a younger Eddie Latekka.

In 2009 she starred the web series Little Monk, which depicted characters from the series Monk as Wendy, one of the Monks' classmates. The webisodes are available only on the "Best of Monk" DVD. Also in 2009, she played the role of the vengeful antagonist in the horror film Forget Me Not. Thorne took on a supporting role in the family drama Raspberry Magic, the movie premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2010.

2010-13: Big Love and Shake It Up

In 2010, Thorne replaced Jolean Wejbe as Tancy "Teenie" Henrickson, Bill and Barb's younger daughter in Season 4 of HBO's Big Love. Thorne starred as co-star on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up, originally titled Dance, Dance Chicago. Thorne plays CeCe Jones, a dancer with heavy ambitions for a career in the spotlight despite having dyslexia. The show is a buddy comedy centered on a teen dance show (in a show-within-a-show format) co-starring Thorne and Zendaya. The multi-camera series began production in Hollywood, California, in July 2010 and premiered on November 7, 2010 on Disney Channel. While she had a substantial portfolio of work in television and film, Thorne had no experience in professional dancing before being cast. After signing onto the show in October 2009, she began taking three dance classes every night. Thorne's first single, "Watch Me" was released on June 21, reaching 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts., 9 on the US Top Heatseekers charts and earning RIAA: Gold. On September 29, 2011, Disney Channel announced it had increased Shake It Up's second season order to 26 episodes. A 90-minute special episode "Made In Japan" aired August 17, 2012 as the season two finale.

On June 4, 2012, Disney Channel announced that Shake It Up was renewed for a third season In 2012, Thorne was cast as Avalon Greene in the Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies. "TTYLXOX" was released on March 6, reaching 97 on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts. On March 30, 2013, it was confirmed by Hollywood Records via Twitter that Bella was officially signed to the record label. On July 25, 2013, the Disney Channel confirmed that Shake It Up would be canceled after the end of the third season. On April 23, 2013, Thorne announced her debut album with eleven songs. Thorne spoke about the album, saying "What fans can expect is just to be very different from anyone, because I don't like to be one of those artists where you can be like: 'Oh yeah, I know them from that song.’ All my songs are very different from each other. So I don’t want to be known as only one genre.” Thorne cited Britney Spears, Kesha and Destiny's Child as influences for the album.

2014-present: Films

In 2014, Thorne co-starred in the comedy Blended, along with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore as Sandler’s character's daughter. She also co-starred in the films Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) and The Duff (2015), playing high school antagonists. On July 30, Thorne was cast in an episode of the fifteenth season of the CSI. The episode, "The Book of Shadows", aired October 19, 2014. Thorne appeared in the sequel Mostly Ghostly 2: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend as Cammy Cahill, the love interest of Ryan Ochoa's character, Max Doyle. The film was broadcast as a Halloween special in October 2014. On October 15, Thorne revealed her debut album was canceled, saying she wasn't happy with the "auto-tuned bad music" she had in the works. She released an EP, Jersey, on November 17. The lead single off the EP, "Call It Whatever", debuted in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number forty-seven, eventually rising to number ten, spending a total of ten weeks on the chart.

It was reported that Thorne had signed a new deal to write a series of books, beginning with her first novel, Autumn Falls. Thorne has signed on, with Kyra Sedgwick, as the leads in Manis Film's thriller Big Sky; Thorne plays Hazel. On December 12, Thorne was cast in the MTV series Scream, which is a television adaptation based on the original slasher film series Scream. Thorne was offered the lead role of the series, but felt that the role of the "mean, terrible Nina" would be more iconic. In 2015, Thorne was cast in the animated United States dub of the film The Frog Kingdom, portraying the role of Frog Princess opposite Drake Bell and Cameron Dallas. The film is scheduled to be released on video on demand and on DVD beginning on June 30, 2015 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment. On June 1, 2015 it was announced that Thorne would star alongside Kian Lawley in the AwesomenessTV film Shovel Buddies, playing the role of Kate. She will also play Jamie, a disillusioned teenager intensely guarding a personal secret, in the film Keep Watching.

Thorne confirmed she signed on to appear in the American adaptation of Midnight Sun, based on the original 2006 Japanese film Midnight Sun.

Personal life

Thorne is a Christian. Her father died in a motorcycle accident in 2007.

Thorne was diagnosed with dyslexia in the first grade. She was home-schooled after previously attending a public school, where she had suffered peer abuse. She improved in her learning after attending a Sylvan Learning center and began reading and writing a grade ahead. She discussed her dyslexia in an April 2010 interview with American Cheerleader Magazine, and explained that she overcame her dyslexia by rigorously reading everything she could find, including the labels of cereal boxes. Thorne currently lives in Los Angeles. She is ambassador for Neutrogena and regularly promotes its Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Facial Cleanser.

Philanthropy

Thorne is an avid supporter of the Humane Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and The Nomad Organization, which provides education, food and medical supplies to children in Africa.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Stuck on You	MC Sideline
2007	Craw Lake	Julia	Short film
2007	Finishing the Game	Sue
2007	Blind Ambition	Annabella
2007	The Seer	Claire Sue (Young)
2009	Water Pills	Psych Out Girl	Short film
2009	Forget Me Not	Angela Smith (Young)
2010	One Wish	The Messenger
2010	Raspberry Magic	Sarah Patterson
2012	Behind the Scenes	Herself	Documentary
2012	Katy Perry: Part of Me	Herself	Documentary
2014	Blended	Hilary "Larry" Friedman
2014	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Celia Rodriguez
2014	Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?	Cammy Cahill
2015	Underdogs	Laura (Young)	Voice
2015	The Frog Kingdom	Princess Froglegs	Voice
2015	The Snow King	Gerda	Voice
2015	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	Ashley Grey
2015	The Duff	Madison Morgan
2015	Big Sky	Hazel
2016	Ratchet & Clank	Cora	Voice
2016	Shovel Buddies	Kate
2016	Keep Watching	Jamie	Post-production
2016	Midnight Sun	Katie	Post-production
2016	The Babysitter	TBA	Post-production
2016	Boo! A Madea Halloween	Rain	Post-production
2016	You Get Me	Grace	In production
2017	The Death and Life of John F. Donovan	TBA	In production
2017	Amityville: The Awakening	Belle Jones	Post-production
2017	Be Here Now	TBA	In production

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Entourage	Kid	"I Wanna Be Sedated" (Season 3: episode 10)
2007	The O.C.	Young Taylor Townsend	"The Case of the Franks" (Season 4: episode 13)
2007-08	Dirty Sexy Money	Margaux Darling	Main role (Season 2)
2008	October Road	Angela Ferilli	"Stand Alone by Me" (Season 2: episode 11)
2008	My Own Worst Enemy	Ruthy Spivey	Main role
2009	In the Motherhood	Annie	"Practice What You Preach" (Season 2: episode 11)
2009	Mental	Emily	Pilot (Season 1: episode 1)
2010	Big Love	Tancy "Teenie" Henrickson	Main role (Season 4)
2010	Wizards of Waverly Place	Nancy Lukey	"Max's Secret Girlfriend" (Season 3: episode 19)
2010-13	Shake It Up	CeCe Jones	Lead role
2011	Good Luck Charlie	CeCe Jones	"Charlie Shakes It Up" (Season 2: episode 13)
2011	PrankStars	Herself	"Adventures in Dogsitting" (Season 1: episode 5)
2012	Frenemies	Avalon Greene	Television film
2014	Phineas and Ferb	Brigitte	Voice; "Night of the Living Pharmacists " (Season 4: episode 30)
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Hannah Hunt	"The Book of Shadows" (Season 15: episode 4)
2014	Red Band Society	Delaney Shaw	"How Did We Get Here?" (Season 1: episode 9) "What I Did For Love" (Season 1: episode 10)
2015	K.C. Undercover	Jolie	"Spy-Anoia Will Destroy Ya" (Season 1: episode 9)
2015	Perfect High	Amanda	Television film
2015	Scream	Nina Patterson	Recurring role (Season 1)
TBA	Famous in Love	Paige Turner	Lead role

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Little Monk	Wendy	Main role
2010	My Day. My Life	Herself	Documentary at Teen website

Video games

Year	Title	Voice
2006	The Ant Bully	Ant Kid
2016	Marvel Avengers Academy	Greer Grant / Tigra

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Alice in Wonderland	Alice	March 12-May 3

Publications

Year	Title	Publisher	Notes
2015	Autumn Falls	Ember (ISBN 978-0385744348)	Teen novel
2016	Autumn's Kiss	Ember (ISBN 978-0385744362)	Teen novel
2016	Autumn's Wish	Delacorte Press (ISBN 978-0385744379)	Teen novel

Discography

Main article: Bella Thorne discography

Extended plays

• Made in Japan (2012)
• Jersey (2014)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	The O.C.	Nominated
2009			October Road
		Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedia o Drama) - Supporting Young Actress	My Own Worst Enemy	Won
2010		Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress	Mental	Nominated
2011	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress	Shake It Up	Won
		Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series		Nominated
		Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress 11-15	Wizards of Waverly Place
		Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress 11-16	Big Love
	Imagen Awards	Best Young Actress - Television	Shake It Up
2012	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress
		Outstanding Young Ensemble in a TV Series
	Imagen Awards	Best Young Actress - Television		Won
	ALMA Awards	Favorite TV Actress - Comedy		Nominated
2013	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Movie, MiniSeries, Special or Pilot - Leading Young Actress	Frenemies	Won
	Young Hollywood Awards	One to Watch	Herself
2014	Young Hollywood Awards	You're So Fancy
		Best Social Media Superstar		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Female Hottie
2015	Shorty Awards	Actress		Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Villain	The Duff
		Choice TV: Scene Stealer	Scream	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]